For the Palm Pilot I enjoy using the free PalmBible+ which scrolls two Bibles parallel and now includes pointed Hebrew, the LXX, Greek New Testaments and many English Bibles and commentaries. Sure beats shelling out so much for Olive Tree!

I personally think both platforms have their advantages/disadvantages.

tomc

06-30-2004, 08:45 PM

I use Bible With You by Gmpsoft (http://www.gmpsoft.com), I have found it to be by far the fastest for doing searches. Plus they come out with new updates rather often, and once you buy it you get free updates for life. I personally bought the NASB package. They also have the NA26 available and will have the Hebrew OT in the future.

The advantage of Olive Tree is that you can get a package from Gramcord to work with it.

I am under the impression that the reason Laridian is so popular is that they are the only ones with the NIV.

I have a Sony TG50. It is perfect for my needs. Unfortunately it looks like Sony is discontinuing PDA sales at this point.

If you decide on a Palm device, wait until Palm OS 6.0 is released.

I think those mini PC's will run from $600 on up depending on how much power you need.

jdarlack

07-04-2004, 09:49 PM

So, I purchased my new toy...

I chose a Palm instead of a Pocket PC because of software purchased in the past. I am not holding out for the new tiny PC's, 'cause 2,600 clams is outside of my budget....now if they'd just put out a wi-fi card for the T3.

I downloaded PalmBible+ and I am loving it. (See my post to another Palm related thread...http://www.bibleworks.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1389&postcount=9).

I will restate my question here. Has anyone had any luck converting BW databases for personal use (keeping in mind copyrights, etc.)? Also, do the folks at BW have any opinions or caveats for those who may be interested in doing so?

~Jim

tomc

07-06-2004, 07:17 PM

I converted the NASB for use with PalmBible+ a while back. If you go to Sourceforge you should be able to find the conversion tools. I believe they have a conversion tool for the output of the Bibleworks print to text feature.

Actually I just looked and I had it bookmarked:
Creating a Bible (http://palmbibleplus.sourceforge.net/createbible.htm)

If I recall they also have some forums and the people are there are pretty helpful.

tomc

07-06-2004, 07:22 PM

Sorry Jim,

I just looked and realized you put that link in your other post. So to answer, yes I was able to compile it.

Ethically, I figured I had paid the NASB licensing fee 4 separate times so I felt comfortable doing it for my own use.